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BfK 51 July 1988

July 1, 1988/in /by Richard Hill

The illustration on our cover is by Andrew Tiffen from a new collection by Michael Rosen, The Hypnotiser, published by Andre Deutsch (0 233 97929 8, £5.95). We are grateful to Andre Deutsch for help in using this.

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Editorial 51: July 1988
News and comment from the Editor.
Coming to Poetry
Discovering poetry for the first time, especially when it opens the way between teacher and class, is exciting. Val Downes, a primary school teacher, describes her experience of...
Authorgraph No.51: Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen was interviewed by Morag Styles.
Lifeline 4: Projects and Topics, Part 1
Pat Thomson introduces a new seven-part series with the theme of House and Home.
May We Recommend… Allan Baillie
It's not often that a relative newcomer writes a string of unputdownables. Val Bierman caught up with this exciting Australian author on a flying visit to the UK.
Out from behind the bike sheds…
Helen Boothroyd and Anthony Tilke, two Hertfordshire librarians, look at a new sex education book with a clear and uncompromising voice, Loving Encounters: a book for teenagers about sex by Rosemary Stones.
Awards
The 1987 winners.
Sound & Vision: July 1988
A round-up of forthcoming tie-ins.
Working with Charlie
Ron Heapy, his editor at Oxford University Press, remembers what it was like and pays tribute to Charles Keeping.

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